Polling snapshot. How Johnson reinvented the Conservatives after they had recently formed governments three times

The coalition of voters that he put together has taken a battering – but it endures yet.

Rob Sutton: Top Tories on Twitter. Case Study 2) Johnny Mercer

He entered Parliament as a man on a mission and is quite happy to ruffle some feathers along the way.

Tom Pridham: The SNP may be Starmer’s real stumbling block at the next election

Labour have more potential allies in the smaller parties, but the prospect of a coalition with the Nationalists could sink him in England.

David Callaghan: Whatever happened to the Liberal Democrats?

Exactly a decade after forming a government with the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats are languishing on the political fringes – where did it all go wrong?

Henry Hill: Johnson’s attacks on the SNP’s record are a welcome shift in strategy

It is past time that Westminster overcame its queasiness about pressing the devolved administrations on their dire performance.

As 2020 begins, we look back on ten years in which Tories first led the movement for austerity…and then against it

And so it was that the cause of Remain, fronted by Cameron and George Osborne, lost out to that of Leave, led by…Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. 

Harry Phibbs: This is my fourth general election at ConHome. So far only one has seen a clear victory. I hope today will be the second.

And in 2008, I wrote that non-Tories voting for Johnson would swing the Mayoral election. I hope they swing today’s poll in the same way.

The race for the first declaration in a night of political drama

It’s a contest between Sunderland and Newcastle. But even if Labour does badly in early results, how much will that tell us?

James Cleverly: We need one last push, with your help, to deliver Brexit, stop Corbyn – and win

In 2017, 51 MPs were returned with majorities of less than a thousand. That’s 51 results potentially determined by an extra hour on the doorstep,

What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 2) Hunting. The end of the affair.

This series turns a spotlight on the Conservative Manifesto and returns to policy announcements that some will have missed.

Why YouGov’s good poll for Johnson may be bad news for him

We say again that there is a danger of Conservative expectations getting ahead of the electoral facts.

Nick Hargrave: Ten pieces of advice for political staffers during this coming election

In some campaigns, the end result is overwhelmingly likely before a stump has been erected. This is not one of those occasions.

James Frayne: Voters would welcome a Brexit deal. But it might harm and not help the Conservatives with working class voters.

Would they actually think that, now Brexit’s done and immigration back under control, that they can return to their natural home in the Labour Party?

Interview. McLoughlin – Hunt’s former campaign Chairman, lifelong One Nation Tory – backs Johnson’s suspensions

The former Party Chairman and Chief Whip says the only way to save moderate conservatism is to get Brexit through.

Henry Hill: Post-Ruth politics – the battle over her legacy will shape the future of the Scottish Tories

Davidson’s successors must not let recognition of her extraordinary achievements to turn into counter-productive myth-making and a counsel of despair.